BROOMSTICK BEAR CADDIS....ome 30 years ago, I made a Broomstick Caddis from calftail hair. That was in the low-profile days of Swisher Richards. It worked well and is my old reliable. Now, all these years later I have a darker version for dark caddis. Better late than never !
I have always made flies in the same manner with a double locked-down wing that can't pull off. And with kinky animal hair that traps air and floats the fly. When this kind of fly is submerged, it traps air bubbles like the tail of a comet, hence extra attraction.
A smoky shade of caddis drove me nuts on the Grand River, trying to match colour. An old decoy maker called this shade "burnt umber".
I messed with bear before but not until this year did I try using the roots as I found they float well, really well.. You can dress the fly or you can twitch it and pull under to mimic an eg-laying caddis. Let it float up in front of a fish and they will leave their feeding lane to get it. Just be ready.
Just follow the video, no tips really except to mount the hair roots pointing to the rear. Save longer hair for later mixing into dubbing.
This shade is quite visible, on sunny and shady days. You can add a little topping of snowshoe hare as a sighter but then we get into the bivisible Blenville Caddis
My flies are simple flies but they work. You have to have confidence in fishing them. Believe in them and you will get results. A friend of mine only carries a half dozen patterns onto the stream while I used to have boxes and boxes of them and spent half my time trying to decide what to put on.
Pause and watch the stream before you plunge in. Are the birds, like swallows, diving near the riffle? Well that's a hatch. Hit the bushes around you with your rod or staff and see if caddis or mayflies leave and fly away. They are resting there waiting to mate at some time later.. that's part of their life cycle...
See what is around you because for me, the environment and using the equipment is most enjoyable before even catching a fish. Guess I am getting old. I would rather enjoy watching YOU catch a fish. Been there, done that"
Be safe onstream this year and have a wonderful time.
The troutstream is my own personal church.
NOTE: I am a big Beatles fan from the day and this excellent recording is by Bob Mahar of the Canadian music group called The Saltwater Roses. Terrific musicians....
Some 30 years agoSome 30 years ago, I made a Broomstick Caddis from calftail hair. That was in the low-profile days of Swisher Richards. It worked well and is my old reliable. Now, all these years later I have a darker version for dark caddis. Better late than never !
I have always made flies in the same manner with a double locked-down wing that can't pull off. And with kinky animal hair that traps air and floats the fly. When this kind of fly is submerged, it traps air bubbles like the tail of a comet, hence extra attraction.
A smoky shade of caddis drove me nuts on the Grand River, trying to match colour. An old decoy maker called this shade "burnt umber".
I messed with bear before but not until this year did I try using the roots as I found they float well, really well.. You can dress the fly or you can twitch it and pull under to mimic an eg-laying caddis. Let it float up in front of a fish and they will leave their feeding lane to get it. Just be ready.
Just follow the video, no tips really except to mount the hair roots pointing to the rear. Save longer hair for later mixing into dubbing.
This shade is quite visible, on sunny and shady days. You can add a little topping of snowshoe hare as a sighter but then we get into the bivisible Blenville Caddis
My flies are simple flies but they work. You have to have confidence in fishing them. Believe in them and you will get results. A friend of mine only carries a half dozen patterns onto the stream while I used to have boxes and boxes of them and spent half my time trying to decide what to put on.
Pause and watch the stream before you plunge in. Are the birds, like swallows, diving near the riffle? Well that's a hatch. Hit the bushes around you with your rod or staff and see if caddis or mayflies leave and fly away. They are resting there waiting to mate at some time later.. that's part of their life cycle...
See what is around you because for me, the environment and using the equipment is most enjoyable before even catching a fish. Guess I am getting old. I would rather enjoy watching YOU catch a fish. Been there, done that"
Be safe onstream this year and have a wonderful time.
The troutstream is my own personal church.
NOTE: I am a big Beatles fan from the day and this excellent recording is by Bob Mahar of the Canadian music group called The Saltwater Roses. Terrific musicians....
, I made a Broomstick Caddis from calftail hair. That was in the low-profile days of Swisher Richards. It worked well and is my old reliable. Now, all these years later I have a darker version for dark caddis. Better late than never !
I have always made flies in the same manner with a double locked-down wing that can't pull off. And with kinky animal hair that traps air and floats the fly. When this kind of fly is submerged, it traps air bubbles like the tail of a comet, hence extra attraction.
A smoky shade of caddis drove me nuts on the Grand River, trying to match colour. An old decoy maker called this shade "burnt umber".
I messed with bear before but not until this year did I try using the roots as I found they float well, really well.. You can dress the fly or you can twitch it and pull under to mimic an eg-laying caddis. Let it float up in front of a fish and they will leave their feeding lane to get it. Just be ready.
Just follow the video, no tips really except to mount the hair roots pointing to the rear. Save longer hair for later mixing into dubbing.
This shade is quite visible, on sunny and shady days. You can add a little topping of snowshoe hare as a sighter but then we get into the bivisible Blenville Caddis
My flies are simple flies but they work. You have to have confidence in fishing them. Believe in them and you will get results. A friend of mine only carries a half dozen patterns onto the stream while I used to have boxes and boxes of them and spent half my time trying to decide what to put on.
Pause and watch the stream before you plunge in. Are the birds, like swallows, diving near the riffle? Well that's a hatch. Hit the bushes around you with your rod or staff and see if caddis or mayflies leave and fly away. They are resting there waiting to mate at some time later.. that's part of their life cycle...
See what is around you because for me, the environment and using the equipment is most enjoyable before even catching a fish. Guess I am getting old. I would rather enjoy watching YOU catch a fish. Been there, done that"
Be safe onstream this year and have a wonderful time.
The troutstream is my own personal church.
NOTE: I am a big Beatles fan from the day and this excellent recording is by Bob Mahar of the Canadian music group called The Saltwater Roses. Terrific musicians....
Some 30 years ago, I made a Broomstick Caddis from calftail hair. That was in the low-profile days of Swisher Richards. It worked well and is my old reliable. Now, all these years later I have a darker version for dark caddis. Better late than never !
I have always made flies in the same manner with a double locked-down wing that can't pull off. And with kinky animal hair that traps air and floats the fly. When this kind of fly is submerged, it traps air bubbles like the tail of a comet, hence extra attraction.
A smoky shade of caddis drove me nuts on the Grand River, trying to match colour. An old decoy maker called this shade "burnt umber".
I messed with bear before but not until this year did I try using the roots as I found they float well, really well.. You can dress the fly or you can twitch it and pull under to mimic an eg-laying caddis. Let it float up in front of a fish and they will leave their feeding lane to get it. Just be ready.
Just follow the video, no tips really except to mount the hair roots pointing to the rear. Save longer hair for later mixing into dubbing.
This shade is quite visible, on sunny and shady days. You can add a little topping of snowshoe hare as a sighter but then we get into the bivisible Blenville Caddis
My flies are simple flies but they work. You have to have confidence in fishing them. Believe in them and you will get results. A friend of mine only carries a half dozen patterns onto the stream while I used to have boxes and boxes of them and spent half my time trying to decide what to put on.
Pause and watch the stream before you plunge in. Are the birds, like swallows, diving near the riffle? Well that's a hatch. Hit the bushes around you with your rod or staff and see if caddis or mayflies leave and fly away. They are resting there waiting to mate at some time later.. that's part of their life cycle...
See what is around you because for me, the environment and using the equipment is most enjoyable before even catching a fish. Guess I am getting old. I would rather enjoy watching YOU catch a fish. Been there, done that"
Be safe onstream this year and have a wonderful time.
The troutstream is my own personal church.
NOTE: I am a big Beatles fan from the day and this excellent recording is by Bob Mahar of the Canadian music group called The Saltwater Roses. Terrific musicians....
Some 30 years ago, I made a Broomstick Caddis from calftail hair. That was in the low-profile days of Swisher Richards. It worked well and is my old reliable. Now, all these years later I have a darker version for dark caddis. Better late than never !
I have always made flies in the same manner with a double locked-down wing that can't pull off. And with kinky animal hair that traps air and floats the fly. When this kind of fly is submerged, it traps air bubbles like the tail of a comet, hence extra attraction.
A smoky shade of caddis drove me nuts on the Grand River, trying to match colour. An old decoy maker called this shade "burnt umber".
I messed with bear before but not until this year did I try using the roots as I found they float well, really well.. You can dress the fly or you can twitch it and pull under to mimic an eg-laying caddis. Let it float up in front of a fish and they will leave their feeding lane to get it. Just be ready.
Just follow the video, no tips really except to mount the hair roots pointing to the rear. Save longer hair for later mixing into dubbing.
This shade is quite visible, on sunny and shady days. You can add a little topping of snowshoe hare as a sighter but then we get into the bivisible Blenville Caddis
My flies are simple flies but they work. You have to have confidence in fishing them. Believe in them and you will get results. A friend of mine only carries a half dozen patterns onto the stream while I used to have boxes and boxes of them and spent half my time trying to decide what to put on.
Pause and watch the stream before you plunge in. Are the birds, like swallows, diving near the riffle? Well that's a hatch. Hit the bushes around you with your rod or staff and see if caddis or mayflies leave and fly away. They are resting there waiting to mate at some time later.. that's part of their life cycle...
See what is around you because for me, the environment and using the equipment is most enjoyable before even catching a fish. Guess I am getting old. I would rather enjoy watching YOU catch a fish. Been there, done that"
Be safe onstream this year and have a wonderful time.
The troutstream is my own personal church.
NOTE: I am a big Beatles fan from the day and this excellent recording is by Bob Mahar of the Canadian music group called The Saltwater Roses. Terrific musicians....
Some 30 years ago, I made a Broomstick Caddis from calftail hair. That was in the low-profile days of Swisher Richards. It worked well and is my old reliable. Now, all these years later I have a darker version for dark caddis. Better late than never !
I have always made flies in the same manner with a double locked-down wing that can't pull off. And with kinky animal hair that traps air and floats the fly. When this kind of fly is submerged, it traps air bubbles like the tail of a comet, hence extra attraction.
A smoky shade of caddis drove me nuts on the Grand River, trying to match colour. An old decoy maker called this shade "burnt umber".
I messed with bear before but not until this year did I try using the roots as I found they float well, really well.. You can dress the fly or you can twitch it and pull under to mimic an eg-laying caddis. Let it float up in front of a fish and they will leave their feeding lane to get it. Just be ready.
Just follow the video, no tips really except to mount the hair roots pointing to the rear. Save longer hair for later mixing into dubbing.
This shade is quite visible, on sunny and shady days. You can add a little topping of snowshoe hare as a sighter but then we get into the bivisible Blenville Caddis
My flies are simple flies but they work. You have to have confidence in fishing them. Believe in them and you will get results. A friend of mine only carries a half dozen patterns onto the stream while I used to have boxes and boxes of them and spent half my time trying to decide what to put on.
Pause and watch the stream before you plunge in. Are the birds, like swallows, diving near the riffle? Well that's a hatch. Hit the bushes around you with your rod or staff and see if caddis or mayflies leave and fly away. They are resting there waiting to mate at some time later.. that's part of their life cycle...
See what is around you because for me, the environment and using the equipment is most enjoyable before even catching a fish. Guess I am getting old. I would rather enjoy watching YOU catch a fish. Been there, done that"
Be safe onstream this year and have a wonderful time.
The troutstream is my own personal church.
NOTE: I am a big Beatles fan from the day and this excellent recording is by Bob Mahar of the Canadian music group called The Saltwater Roses. Terrific musicians....
